I can never get tables to work for me.

I might have to give it another go.

This is one I use for when I include song lyrics in my post — which reminds me, I haven’t had a soundtrack in a post for some time!!

One thing's for certain,
A year like this passes so strangely
Somewhere between sorrow and bliss
— Florence & The Machine

Use:

• pre class="wp-block-verse"

inside < > brackets,
then end it with:

• /pre

inside < > brackets,